“Which means that Garry Linnell, and Paul Kent, and their first rate sources, to use a word beloved of the computer-gamers, have been well and truly pwned,” said Jonathan Holmes on last night’s final Media Watch for 2009.
“That’s P-W-N-E-D. And I didn’t know the word either, until I started using Twitter. I rather like it.”
What Holmes was really doing was finding a way to squeeze in the use of the word ‘PWNED’ after a cheeky prompt by some snarky Twitterers.
Scott Bridges had thrown down the call to Holmes to incorporate the word, promising a ‘Nudie Run’ no less, if he obliged: “I will seriously do a nudie run around Brunswick if Jonathan Holmes ever says “pwned” on Media Watch“
Bridges told TV Tonight the idea took on a life of its own. “That night about a dozen people jokingly pledged to do the same in their local area if Jonathan Holmes said the word, and then each week since everyone discussed the show on Twitter while it went to air, referring to the nudie pledge and saying things in response to stories like, “Daily Telegraph: Pwned!”.
As more people joined in the discussion, Bridges said Holmes began dropping hints on his Twitter feed that he was going to say it.
Last night they got their wish.
And last night, in the privacy of their own homes and suburbs, naked individuals were fulfilling their promise by stripping down to their birthday suits and giving late night shows to their neighbours.
Some of them even went to the trouble of adding evidence on YouTube.
@The Doctor: If you think it is worth being investigated, you should tip them off – they apparently get a lot of their stories from audience tip offs, and in fact I did this once, and it got on the show. it was only a very minor piece though.
You can do it on their website.
How many did a nudie run after the 12am replay this morning I wonder?
can’t remember how i discovered it, but it think its a great show, it’s amassing how many stories i wouldn’t know weren’t true if it wasn’t for media watch
My only complaint about Media Watch is it doesn’t cover much outside of the Eastern (BAPH) states.
Commercial talkback radio in Adelaide is a disgrace. A mine field of conflicts of interest and agendas
Haha – I gotta say – maybe I’m gettin old but I’ve enjoyed watching Media Watch this year – esp the ep a couple of weeks back when they exposed the sham of so-called Local radio in regional markets, the PWNED thing was totally out of the blue to me! That it was a dare makes it even better!
Jonathan Holmes is the best Media Watch host in the history of the show, no question. And finding out he has a sense of meta-humour capped off the year nicely…!
I was watching at my parents house and they went for the dictionary….
Holmes is a ledge.
Please explain
WTF?
I used to love when they took the p*ss out of Stuart Littlemore’s Media Watch on Full Frontal..
“Pause, raise eyebrow, smirk knowingly”
hahahaha best thing i’ve heard all week!! I lol’d lasty night when I heard him say it, but this is the icing!
Thanks Jono!
love it.
Fascinating Fact No 1456
…did you know… ‘Pwn’ has no generally accepted pronunciation.Common pronunciations vocalising the ‘p’ include “pone”, “pwen”, “pawn”, “pun”[11] and “pyeon”.!!!
..I didn’t … thanks Wiki.
God I love the internet and I literally LOLed when I heard him say that. Love media watch, the snarkiest show on TV.
I still miss Stuart Littlemore.
i didn’t need to see that..
hahaha i have to say it was unexpected.. but this explains it!
cute! well sort of…